Haiku

Haiku are short poems that use sensory language to capture a feeling or image.Haiku poetry was originally developed by Japanese poets.

Japanese Haiku traditionally consist of 17 on, or sounds, devided into three phrases : 5 sounds, 7 sounds and 5 sounds.

Here is a sample

"Refreshing and cool

love is a sweet summer rain

that washes the world"

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